Ever since I updated to iOS 8, I’ve been experiencing some unusual behavior. I’m on the latest 8.0.2 and I’m still having the same issues as when I got 8.0.
The camera icon from the lock screen doesn’t turn of the flashlight like it used to, and some other pesky stuff like an app just refusing to scroll like it used to. A noticeable one is the iPhone screen just freezing. All I see is a semitransparent look of my wallpaper. Say if the wallpaper was purple, I’d see a purple screen that I can’t get out of. The lock button on the top of the phone doesn’t help and neither does the home button. Once you press the lock button, the screen goes black and the home button seems not to function. You press the lock button again and you’re back to where you were and you can’t do much.
What I used to do was hold down the power button until a ‘slide to power off’ comes on, and then I restart. I’ve encountered this more than once – usually with Flight Mode on because I don’t have any mobile network.
Recently the same thing happened and luckily for me I was back in town and was connected to a WiFi network. Soon as I noticed the screen was hanging as usual, I tried the power button and the home button but it was the same issue. No help here; moving on…
Then I just decided to try out Siri and it worked. I told Siri to ‘open settings’ and it did. And that’s how I broke free. Siri’s ability to open apps helped me get out of Limbo. I didn’t have to reboot the phone to gain access to it anymore.
I wish Siri could do really offline stuff like open apps even when one is not connected to a data service. This can help in times like this.
Oh and when you tell Siri your phone is hanging, it just opens your dialer. Because you said ‘phone’.